Oncology

President Joe Biden said Nov. 17 that he intends to tap W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, to lead the National Cancer Institute.

Portland, Maine-based Northern Light Mercy Hospital is partnering with Boston-based Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Youth cancer mortality fell 24% in the past two decades, the CDC's National Center of Health Statistics found.

Decatur, Texas-based Wise Health System is relocating some of its oncology services and closing its radiation therapy services Dec. 1, The Messenger reported Nov. 15.

The national lung cancer five-year survival rate is 26.6%, but most states fall under the average.

Lung cancer survival rates jumped 4.6 percentage points in the last five years, and diagnosis rates have decreased 8%, according to the American Lung Association's 2023 "State of Lung Cancer" report released Nov. 7.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center completed its first same-day spinal radiosurgery treatment for a patient.

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health Foundation received its largest gift ever, which will be used to create a new cancer center.

Wyoming has the fewest active oncologists per capita, with eight oncologists in the state.

A recent study found that CT scans are linked to an increased risk of blood cancer in young people.